CatSU wins HABI People’s Choice Award
StudentsThe Catanduanes State University
- College of Industrial Technology (CatSU CIT) beams with pride in its
participation in the recently concluded celebration of National Innovation Day
under the theme: “Unboxing the Filipinnovation Mindset” held on April 22, 2024
at the Novotel Manila Araneta City in Cubao, Quezon City.
Among the student-participants
from CatSU CIT include John Evan Tano, Joshua Balbadores, and Carlo Beo. They
were accompanied and coached by Engr. Mark Franz G. Templonuevo, a faculty
member of the CIT. Competing in the Food and Agribusiness priority sector,
their pitch, which focused on supporting abaca farmers in Catanduanes, won the
People's Choice Award.
This year’s theme emphasized core
values essential to innovation, such as empathy (malasakit), critical thinking
(pagiging mapanuri), creativity (pagiging malikhain), imagination (pagiging
maharaya), and a collaborative spirit (diwa ng bayanihan).
It featured a Filipino adaptation
of a Design Thinking workshop called Huddle, Analyze, Build, and Innovate
(HABI). The workshop brought together 40 teams of students from 14 regions
nationwide, challenging them to develop innovative solutions for the priority
sectors identified in the National Innovation Agenda and Strategy Document
2023-2032. The students presented their solutions in short video or reel
formats, showcasing their pitches and demonstrating an “unboxed”
Filipinnovation mindset.
Dr. Edwin T. Romero, CIT Dean
couldn’t be more proud of the achievement.
“I feel so proud for our dear
students to have represented our university and our island-province of
Catanduanes – this is one small but great step to showcase not just our talents
and skills, but what we primarily have in the province, especially that we are
the abaca capital of the country, and of course the other agricultural products
abundant in our lands,” he said.
National Innovation Day is
celebrated in accordance with the Philippine Innovation Act (Republic Act No.
11293), which designates April 21 each year as a special working public holiday
to promote public awareness and support for innovation.
